Loading apparatus.



W. W. BROWER. LOADING APPARATUS. APPLfOATION FILED APELB. 19121,064,1Q6. Patented June 10, 1913.

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W. W. BROWER. LOADING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED APR-.8, 1912 Patented June 10, 1913.

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the car reaches the upper end of its move-- ment, the latch 40 isreleased by a finger it, conveniently mounted on the bar 43/ This allowsthe lovers 35 and 34') to swing downwardly, and the load of dirt orother material contained in the car to fall out into the wagon 1?).\Vhcn the rope 1G is slackcned, the car slides down the inclinedtrackway by the action of gravity. As the car starts downward, rollers45, conveniently mounted 011 the same axis as the pulley l7, engage theleaf 35 and force it upward so that the cross bar 41 will again beengaged by the latches which are held in proper position for suchengagement by the stops 16. By reason of the arms 37 and 39 and the link38, the upward movement of the leaf 35 also raises the leaf 36, so thatthe two leaves forming the car bottom are automatically brought toclosed position. The car can again be loaded when it has reached thebottom of the track, and can then again be drawn to the top of the trackand automatically dumped by the opening of the two-leafed bottom. Tokeep the track clear, the car may be provided with plows or shoeslocated in front of the car wheels, when the car is traveling in one orboth directions. I To move the loading apparatus it is only necessary tolift the inclined ways :26 from the hooks 24, and to draw the apparatus,as by horses, on its runners 10 to any desired position. Here theinclined ways 26 may be easily replaced and the apparatus thus again beput in condition for use.

I claim as my invention:

1. The combination, in an elevating and loading mechanism, of a framehaving an inclined trackway, a car mounted on said trackway, said carhaving a platform top with an opening into the body of the car, and aninclined way attached to each side of said frame at the lower end of thetrackway and leading to said top when the car is at the lower nd of saidtrackway so that dirtmoving means may pass upon said top and dischargethrough said opening.

2. The combination, in an elevating and loading mechanism, of aframehaving an inclined trackway, a car mounted on said trackway, saidcar having a platform top with an opening into the body of the car and adrop bottom, and an inclined way attached to each side of said frame atthe lower end of the trackway and leading to said top when the car is atthe lower end of said trackway so that dirt-moving means may pass uponsaid top and discharge through said openin 3. The combination, in anelevating and loading mechanism, of a frame having an inclined,trackway, a car mounted on said trackway, said car having a platformtop with an opening into the body of the car,

and a removable inclined way attached to each side of said frame at thelower end of the trackway and leading to said top when the car is atthelower end of said trackway that dirt-moving means may pass upon saidtop and discharge through said opening.

The combination, in an elevating and loading mechanism, of a framehaving an inclined trackway, a car mounted on said trackway, said carhaving a platform top with an opening into the body of the car and adrop bottom, and a removable inclined way attached to each side of saidframe at'the lower end of the trackway and leading to said top when thecar is at the lower end of said trackway so that dirtmoving means maypass upon said top, and discharge through said opening.

The combination, in an elevating and loading mechanism, of a framehaving an inclined trackvay, a car mounted on said trackway, said carhaving a top with guides at the ends and with an opening into the bodyof the car of less length than the dis- V tance between. such guides,and an inclined way attached to each side of said frame at the lower endof the trackway and leading to said top when the car is at the lower endof said trackway so that dirt-moving means may pass upon said top anddischarge through said opening.

6. The combination, in an elevating and loading mechanism, of a framehaving an inclined traclrway, a car mounted on said trackway, said carhaving a top with guides at the ends and with an opening into the bodyof the car of less length than the distance between such guides and alsohaving I a drop bottom, and an inclined way attached to each side ofsaid frame at the lower end of the trackway and leading to said top whenthe car is at the lower end of said track way so that dirt-moving meansmay pass upon said top and discharge through s2 id opening.

7. The combination, in an elevating and loading mechanism, of a framehaving an inclined trackway, a car mounted on said trackway, said carhaving a top with guides at the ends and with an opening into the bodyof the car of less length than the distance between such guides, and aremovable inclined way attached toeach side of said frame at the lowerend of the trackway and leading to said top when the car is at the lowerend of said trackway so that dirtmoving means may pass upon said top anddischarge through said opening.

8. The combination, in an elevating and l v 1 u u loading mechanism, ofa frame having an iii-- and a drop bottom comprising a pair of in

